DC fans have hilariously thanked former “Black Adam” actor Dwayne Johnson for James Gunn’s “Superman” success, which opened nationally in theaters Friday and raked in the year’s best box office preview total with $22.5 million.

Moving over to DC Films would have been a lateral move with mammoth expectations. Whereas James Gunn's ascendance to DC Films co-CEO with producer Peter Safran is more of a promotion, as he only ran a corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Directed by Gunn, the film centers on a younger Clark Kent navigating the complexities of his dual identity as a Kryptonian and human.

Reviews for the latest Superman have been generally favorable, with high praise for the comic-accurate script. Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor has been hailed for bringing alive one of the most loathed villains on screen. Corenswet and Brosnahan’s dynamism has enthralled the fans, and so did the charming superdoggo Krypto stealing the screen.

Director James Gunn’s real-life dog, Ozu, served as the inspiration and the 3-D model for Krypto, the flying dog that the ti

Palestinian filmmaker's theatrical feature debut and a Jay Ellis-led Off-Broadway play round out our picks for the weekend of July 11.

Guardians of the Galaxy” filmmaker James Gunn has a proven track record, but can he and new star David Corenswet return the "Superman" franchise to the glory days of (half) of the Christopher Reeve era?

Gunn nodded to this in his previous DC Comics feature, The Suicide Squad, in which the villain used mind-control to brainwash the public into a mindless, murderous conformity. The deep earnestness of Superman's hatred for the mean hashtag suggests that Gunn has probably been quite aggravated by online name-calling too.